Episode
60 Minutes: Inside the NSA; The Copts
Overview
The NSA gives unprecedented access to the agency's HQ and, for the first time, explains what it does and what it says it doesn't do: spy on Americans. The turmoil in Egypt has led to one of the worst persecutions of the country's Coptic Christians in the nearly 2,000-year history of the sect. Bob Simon reports from Egypt.
Details
- Series
- 60 Minutes
- Season
- Season 46
- Episode
- Episode 12
- Air date
- 2013-12-15
- Runtime
- 44 min
Episode context
Inside the NSA; The Copts is Episode 12 in Season 46 of 60 Minutes. It aired on 2013-12-15. The runtime is 44 min.
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